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Update on my binding policy

It has come to my attention today that there are currently bound copies of Scary Partner Privilege for sale.

Not only is this completely illegal, it poses a threat to the future of fan works, it is supremely disrespectful and - I cannot stress this enough - the people responsible are the very definition of despicable pissants.

Either fandom spaces remain free or they will not remain at all. Monetising a piece of art someone created and shared freely is unacceptable.

With that in mind, I am changing my binding policy, effective immediately:

I no longer allow any binding or typesetting of any of my works, be it for personal use or gifting.

Please continue to report, block and denounce any instances of bound fanfiction sales you come across.

#binding policy #fanfiction #fanworks #keep fanworks free #disrespectful pissants

bookravager

I think I was put on this earth to read good books but unfortunately I have to be "employed" to "live"

enjins-dimples

Waiting for my normal 🏴‍☠️source to update so I can get some caps but ah...

I found some old paint...

And ohshit oh opps oops imsorryfuck...

My hand slipped

enjins-dimples

In case anyone was wondering if I've remembered how to use water color yet

I mean we're getting there?

spophiearts

Enjin Gachiakuta, the man you are

Bonus: Rudo POV

staampede

@aikuwuus

higgsbison

it's time to remember again

discworld-heritage-posts

Discworld Heritage Post

stormagedondarklordofall

treewizarded

a BRILLIANT read, and even more incentive for me to make my own wizards trope-defying and excellent.

roachpatrol

God it’s fascinating to look at the timestamp on this one and then realize that Pratchett went on to write his Witches Series and Granny Weatherwax, who’s strong and fierce and brilliant and austere and so achingly, bitterly, intensely good. I think Granny Weatherwax would give Gandalf a hard look and Gandalf would remember he had a very urgent appointment three shires away and stroll off really fast.

ceruleancynic

Holy fuck, everybody go read this right now.

Pratchett is one of the people whose work is not only hilarious, but legitimately brilliant. I learned so much from reading his books. Even this talk is peppered with the kind of thing that makes you snort out loud and get stared at by coworkers:

No wonder witches were always portrayed as toothless — it was living in a 90,000 calorie house that did it. You’d hear a noise in the night and it’d be the local kids, eating the doorknob.

And he fucking nails the witch/wizard dichotomy. Wizards = wise, powerful, organized, educated; witches = crones who give you warts. The Tiffany Aching series addresses this directly, as do the regular Discworld books focusing on the Lancre witches. Like Roach says, Granny Weatherwax is achingly, bitterly, intensely good, and that’s partly because she’s constantly aware of how easy it would be to be bad. How someone has to do the mucky jobs and help the obnoxious and stupid and never, ever take credit for anything you didn’t do; how the hardest thing is to stay balanced just on the edge between extremes, maintain that equilibrium, do what needs to be done no matter how awful or difficult it may be. Wizards never have to think about this. They just forge straight ahead, eating big dinners and squabbling amongst themselves and taking their power for granted.

roachpatrol

Come to think of it, that’s one of the most significant divisions of power in Discworld: the men all gang up into this big elitist mob and loll around indolently, specifically not doing magic. Their magic is so powerful and dangerous that it’s a better use of their time to all keep each other down, all the wizard books basically revolve around ‘Oh no, someone’s doing magic, we’d better stomp them flat and then go home for second breakfast’. They keep the world from turning inside out but not much more than that, and they’re kind of a bunch of assholes about it too. Meanwhile the witches are just grimly slogging along, delivering babies and rousting out vampires and changing compresses, like, they stake out territories and then take care of everyone in it… while everyone still thinks that wizards are respectable and witches are shady.

oldmanyellsatcloud

The line about equal rites killed me, though. The insightful commentary (on the internet no less) here helped buffer that.

discworld-heritage-posts

Discworld Heritage Post

kyraneko

It’s the difference between status and value. Who does the necessary work, and who takes the credit. Who the world would actually fall apart without, and who reaps the rewards of being considered important.

There’s gender in it, but shades of poor-and-rich as well.

singlecrow

What’s marvellous I think here is that Pratchett’s criticism of Le Guin, on Earthsea, was made in 1985 - and in 1990, she wrote Tehanu, which is a fantastic indictment of the sexism and misogyny of the earlier Earthsea books. Doesn’t meant she saw this, she probably didn’t - her own unease with the earlier Earthsea books was evident in other places - but it’s what Pratchett himself is saying, reality creates fantasy creates reality.

mific

Terry being brilliant, and read the comments.

doctor-doodleman

I should lock the fuck in *half an hour passes* I should lock the fuck in *half an hour passes* I should lock the fuck in *half an hour passes* I should-

chilewithcarnage

huariqueje

Wildflowers and a Grasshopper - Paula von Goeschen-Rösler

German , 1875-1941

Gouache, watercolour and pencil on vellum, with framing lines in green watercolour, 42.2 x 35 cm. 16 5/8 x 13 3/4 in.

tokyostreetphoto

Lamp, Ikebukuro 池袋

beardedmrbean

One more in the W column for Japan.

thekimonogallery

A gate to someone’s back garden on a trail near Kamakura, Japan. Text and photography by Subliminati on Flickr

mangled-by-disuse

in happier pride news i actually found this deeply heartwarming

that's solidarity baybeeee

lgbtlaughs

Further context: Durham city council (Reform UK) cut funding and support for Pride. The Durham Miner's Association and other trade unions raised enough money for Durham Pride 2026 to go ahead - a direct call back to when Lesbian and Gays Support the Miners (LGSM) raised money for mining communities when Margaret Thatcher seized union funding during the miner strikes of 1984-85.

At the 1985 Labour party meet, the motion to support LGBT rights as a party was passed due to a block vote from mining unions.

Stephen Guy, the chair of the Durham Miners’ Association, said that when it became apparent Durham Pride was under threat, he took it upon himself to “encourage the trade union movement to step up and do the right thing, and stand shoulder to shoulder with the LGBT+ community […] They not only raised funds for us, but came to our communities, uplifted our spirits when they were down, and showed their solidarity.”