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Love Begins
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Stranger Things
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TVSTRANGERTHINGS
todays bird
Kiana Khansmith
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occasionally subtle
almost home
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@morallydraconequus
Ao3 does not need an algorithm, you're just lazy
Ao3 does not need a 1-5 star rating system, you just want to bring down authors writing for FREE
Ao3 does not need automatic censorship, it is an archive, therefore anything can be posted
Writing or reading about something illegal does not mean the author nor the reader condones it, if that were true, you could never read a story involving anything negative
Purity culture is ruining fan culture and you all are fucking annoying
I love my job, but reblogging employment jelly for someone else I love.
Reblog if you don't use Generative AI to write fanfics/original fics or to create fanart/original art.
Character Flaws/Quirks in Fantasy Worldbuilding That I'm BEGGING Writers to Explore
Please, please, PLEASE.....
✧ Magic systems with actual consequences that aren't just "ooh I'm tired now." Like your wizard gets hiccups that turn into burps of flame for three days. Your necromancer's hair falls out in clumps. Your healer has to absorb a percentage of the pain they cure and spends evenings crying in the bath.
✧ Fantasy creatures that are just... kinda mid at their designated thing. Dragons who are afraid of heights. Vampires with a garlic intolerance that's more "lactose intolerant at a pizza party" than "instant death." Werewolves who transform but just become a really anxious medium-sized dog.
✧ Prophecies that are vague because the ancient oracle genuinely had terrible handwriting. Nobody can agree if it says "the chosen one" or "the chicken coop" and honestly both are equally possible at this point.
✧ Magic schools where students are failing because the curriculum is actually hard, not because they're the chosen one having drama. Let someone flunk Potions because they can't math the ratios. Academic probation exists in fantasy too.
✧ Dark Lords with the most mundane administrative problems. Yes, he's conquering the realm, but also the castle's plumbing is a nightmare and his generals keep submitting their expense reports late.
✧ Worldbuilding that remembers disabled people exist in fantasy settings too. No, not just "magically healed." I mean fantasy wheelchairs, accessibility spells, sign language variations, service dragons, the whole deal.
✧ Taverns that aren't just quest-dispensing machines. Sometimes the innkeeper is closed for a family emergency. Sometimes there's karaoke night and it's bad. Sometimes they're out of the stew because Greg ordered all of it.
✧ Kingdoms with actual boring stuff that affects the plot. Tax reforms. Infrastructure bills. That bridge everyone uses? Someone had to budget for that. The hero's quest gets delayed because the Transport Committee is arguing about funding.
A lot of pop psychology gets thrown around and since I already have a headache, here's preventing you lot from making it worse.
Love-bombing: A manipulation tactic of increasing affection and grand gestures before or after doing something abusive, specifically to weasel one's way out of consequences.
What it is not: A streak of affection and generosity towards friends/loved ones.
Trauma-bonding: Knowingly traumatizing someone to take advantage of their vulnerable state, to then act like the "hero" or the one who cheers them up.
What it is not: Bonding over similar traumas.
Gaslighting: *Knowingly* convincing someone they cannot trust their own perception of a situation in pursuit of one's own narrative.
What it is not: Misaligned perception of events.
Narcissist: Someone afflicted with Narcissistic Personality Disorder, a traumagenic cluster B disorder, that struggles with self-obsession, paranoia, craving validity from the public, delusions of grandeur, and social disconnection.
It is not: Your rubbish ex that cheated on you.
Thank you for coming to my TED Talk.
-Xanthe
Oh... That's what trauma bonding is. Oh.
I *also* didn't know that trauma bonding and love-bombing were... that. added to lexicon and course correcting...
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/trauma-bonding
I hate how these twitter rejects keep importing their shitty tagging culture into tumblr. Why the fuck are you putting a heated rivalry tag on photos of Hudson Williams doing modeling in Milan? This is like posting a paparazzi photo of Keanu Reeves walking a dog and tagging it #the matrix reloaded. What are you doing?
They're doing this shit on AO3 too, putting the Shane Hollander/Ilya Rozanov ship tag on Actor RPF fic. Stop that shit!
Everyone is behaving like the fucking broken google search algorithm, trying to force you to look at shit that has nothing to do with what you actually searched for "based on your likes." I am begging y'all to stop trying to get a good grade in predatory SEO. Please just tag things like you're a human being trying to share common interests with other human beings.
everyone rejoice, Ao3 is back
[id: an image of Bugs Bunny dressed as a maestro, caption reads, “writers and artists cooking up amazing ideas, excited to create later”. it is followed by dishevelled Bugs Bunny edited to slouch in the chair in front of the desk, caption reads, “writers and artists when it's time to create”./end id]
Can't believe we're here, but especially important for fandom accounts: DO NOT link your IRL, government ID to your fandom accounts! Not ever. Not for anything.
You will feel tempted by FOMO, you will feel bullied by Discord. You will be peer pressured to the ends of the earth. Do not do it. Do not allow them full access to you, and do not let them normalize this utter horseshit. We deserve anon spaces. We deserve the internet, it's ours.
Discord is announcing enhanced teen safety features rolling out globally that reinforce its long-standing commitment to creating a safer and
Like this shit is TERRIFYING.
Cancel Nitro and tell them this is why. Shit talk these assholes in public. Ridicule them. And do not budge an inch, do not let them have you.
Please please please can we stop calling unnecessary sequels and remakes by big companies “bad fanfic”??? Even the most poorly-written fics are somehow born from a love of the original text. A soulless cash grab made people who don’t give two shits about what they are actually creating is not “bad fanfic” and will never be.
its not fanfic if they're not even a fucking fan
AO3 should have an Annotation Mode where you can click to view all of the author's commentary and thoughts about certain parts of the work. A little comment that says "I spent five hours researching vintage radio mechanics for this and didn't even end up using it" or "this is an ancient Hebrew literary technique!" would make my day
who said this fanfic shit was hard
ao3 writers, I advise you all to report any comments you got that mention “discord” or “instagram” as spam because that is 99% a bot/scam.
at this point I no longer read their entire comments or what bullshit they’re trying to say (most of them are “uwu I love your work and I’d like make art about it! contact me on my discord/instagram here” but we all know they will then ask you to pay/commission them for the “art” you will never get, or you’ll just get some ai-generated one, and not only that, they will most definitely try to steal your personal informations too), if I see the sentence “contact me on my discord/instagram” I report their ass as spam.
TL;Dr — if a comment mentions “contact me on discord or instagram (or any other platform outside of ao3)”, report it for spam
I post more about bots and scam on ao3’s comments section here
Feels weird to say this but please don't feed my art into any AI generator and then send me the results. I don't find it flattering.
I won't call out any names, but please don't do that. This is my one and only warning.
I'm not sure how to start a post, this is my first one
But this is about the Australian Social Media Ban
If you happen to find this as your first mention of the ban, let me pit it down in my understanding.
The social media ban makes it so that countries must take "reasonable measures" to prevent Australians under the age of 16 from having a social media account. As for what exactly that means, all I'm fairly certain is that, if they're going to make Government ID a verification option, the company will also have to provide an alternative, like a bank card or a face scan.
As for what the government calls "social media," it includes:
X (Formerly Twitter)
Snapchat
Discord
YouTube
WhatsApp (Dunno if this is certain or discussed rn)
Steam
Roblox
And more that I haven't put here, I'm sure
I have a few issues with this
First, for things like WhatsApp and Discord, I personally would call them, essentially, a different form of text messages. Discord has better group chats and emojis and stuff, WhatsApp has end-to-end encryption. I'm not an expert but those seem like the only major differences to me.
Second, for YouTube.
To my understanding, people will still be able to access it, but they won't be able to have an account. But that's not my issue (other than it seems kind of pointless.) My issue is the government originally said they would not ban YouTube. And they changed their mind. Why? The eSafety Commissioner said so.
"Four out of 10 Australian kids have had their most recent or most harmful experience on YouTube," she said.
Not to be that guy, but maybe that's because of how insanely popular YouTube is. But from what it looks like, the ban is just for show. If you don't have an account, currently, you can still watch YouTube. So it's pointless.
Another thing, I feel like 16 is just. Too high.
You can fly an aeroplane at 15. You can get a learner's permit to driver at 16. The Age of Consent is 16 in most parts of Australia. In New South Wales, you can get a form of gun license at *12*.
And you need to be 16 to use Discord.
To me, that reads as the government saying its safer to fly a plane than to use Twitter. It's just as dangerous to be on Facebook as to drive a car. And there's probably something to be said about other resources and sexual orientation stuff only being available at the age of consent.
And I have yet another point. Social media is a huge way young people can make their voices heard to the government, because it helps inform and talk to other people and spread the word about things.
Under 16s can't vote, so social media is one of the only and best ways they have of getting their voice heard democratically and governmentally.
And they're taking it away
Taking it away in a way that, if any of them bring it up, it's easy to say "you're just salty you can't go on social media" or "you're annoyed you can't scroll TikTok."
The government's justification for taking away a lot of their voice? "It's for the kids."
Because making kids unable to make themselves heard is always a good thing.l, right?
Right?
And if you're someone who says "oh well I don't care because it doesn't affect me."
Yes it does. You still need to verify. You still need to use your bank card. You still need to give the company your face scan. You still need to give them your government ID. You are still affected.
Not only could that be devastating if that gets stored then sold, or stolen in a data breach. No one wants to give away their face, no one wants their online activity linked to their ID.
So reblog this, reblog other posts like this, make your own post on here or literally anywhere, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter.
Tell people, message your friends, message your family about this.
If you're Australian, email your local MP, hell, send a letter to the Prime Minister. Don't be rude or threatening or anything, they'll ignore or arrest you, but show them you care, and that you think this is wrong. Show them it's not just a handful of people.
Start petitions, sign petitions, organise and participate in protests and strikes if you're brave enough.
We should not take this lying down, because this will not be a good thing if it happens the way it's planned. And if we don't do anything about things we disagree with, where will we draw the line? Where will we look at what they're doing and say, "that's a step too far."
Because if impeding and infringing on the participation of AUSTRALIAN PEOPLE in their democracy isn't something that's wrong, I'm not too sure what is.
Do anything and everything you can, spread the word, get this noticed. Don't be violent or hateful, it'll delegitimize us. But show you care, and show it's not just you, whenever and wherever you can.
@its-spelt-censorship
As a post-message message, on the day I'm posting this, the Australian Prime Minister, Anthony Albenese is going to be delivering an address to the United Nations General Assembly in New York. It's expected to urge other countries to join in the social media ban, so if you're in another country, spread the message too, because it might be coming to a nation near you very soon.
Copyright class actions could financially ruin AI industry, trade groups say.
Further, some authors may never even find out the lawsuit is happening. The court's suggested notification scheme "would require class claimants to themselves notify other potential rightsholders," groups said, overlooking the fact that it cost Google $34.5 million "to set up a 'Books Rights Registry' to identify owners for payouts under the proposed settlement" in one of the largest cases involving book authors prior to the AI avalanche of lawsuits.
If you're an author, please use this database to see if you could qualify for that sweet GenAI lawsuit money.
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
I have never ever ever in my life asked someone to blaze my posts.
But if you want to throw me some pennies blaze this. I want ALL OF THE AUTHORS to know that they have the opportunities to get some sweet sweet GenAI lawsuit money.
Like to charge. Reblog to cast that Anthropic will have to pay out the ass.
-fae
Oh look, my book is in there. GIVE ME MONEY.
Interestingly, I reblogged this thinking it might be interesting for my followers - but as I’m not an author I didn’t think further.
Then I did think for a second. I realised I had fallen into the classic tumblr trap of believing that Authorship Equals Fantasy Fiction Writer. It’s amazing how that gets into your own head.
I went back and found a clutch of my scientific papers on there.
Not something that’s worth me pursuing any farther - and a lot of those works are very openly open access, and so they are honestly the exact sort of content that SHOULD be used to train responsible models. But worth remembering that it’s very common on tumblr to think of all writing as, like, genre fiction, and there are other types of writing too.
Settlement shows AI companies can face consequences for pirated training data.
Authors revealed today that Anthropic agreed to pay $1.5 billion and destroy all copies of the books the AI company pirated to train its artificial intelligence models. In a press release provided to Ars, the authors confirmed that the settlement is "believed to be the largest publicly reported recovery in the history of US copyright litigation." Covering 500,000 works that Anthropic pirated for AI training, if a court approves the settlement, each author will receive $3,000 per work that Anthropic stole. "Depending on the number of claims submitted, the final figure per work could be higher," the press release noted.
each author will receive $3,000 per work
