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「 MANU. 」 24, infj, gryffinpuff. a writer, student, artist, and history enthusiast, lover of winter and rain. tempt me with new books and long wiki walks on the beach. this is pretty much a Toshinori Yagi fanblog at this point. kofiwidget2.init('Buy Me a Coffee', '#965d71', 'S6S85P55');kofiwidget2.draw();

[panthalass]

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

At the end of the Golden Age, the data archivist Orion Pax is not alone in harbouring doubt in Cybertron’s future. Inspired by the revolutionary fervour of the gladiator, Megatronus, Orion seeks him out; and thus begins a relationship that will eventually bring Cybertron to its knees.

In this chapter, Orion goes from group uni projects to basically Committing A (Minor) Crime in the name of protecting someone he basically just met and I feel like that sums his current priorities up pretty well lmao.  

[panthalass]

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

At the end of the Golden Age, the data archivist Orion Pax is not alone in harbouring doubt in Cybertron’s future. Inspired by the revolutionary fervour of the gladiator, Megatronus, Orion seeks him out; and thus begins a relationship that will eventually bring Cybertron to its knees.

Orion comes back home to Iacon, gets a new lease on life, and I start figuring out how to make a timeskip that’s not super obvious lmao. Phase 2 of this fic is coming up fast and maaaybe these two will finally make a breakthrough in their relationship. Maybe.

[panthalass]

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

At the end of the Golden Age, the data archivist Orion Pax is not alone in harbouring doubt in Cybertron’s future. Inspired by the revolutionary fervour of the gladiator, Megatronus, Orion seeks him out; and thus begins a relationship that will eventually bring Cybertron to its knees.

Here’s the (hopefully) exciting conclusion to last month’s cliffhanger! The warning tags really come into play here: graphic depictions of violence and death, specifically.

This chapter ended up with a lot of Suffering, mainly for Orion Pax. I’d count Megatronus too, but tbh he thoroughly enjoyed himself.  

[panthalass]

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

At the end of the Golden Age, the data archivist Orion Pax is not alone in harbouring doubt in Cybertron’s future. Inspired by the revolutionary fervour of the gladiator, Megatronus, Orion seeks him out; and thus begins a relationship that will eventually bring Cybertron to its knees.

[opens mouth, emits foghorn noises]

I got stuck on this for seven months. I hope it’s actually as good as it feels, but all I feel rn is relief, so who knows lmao. Chapter ends in a cliffhanger, because it was getting long and I wanted to actually post something. 

(apparently my fucking worldbuilding account got marked nsfw, but not either of the accounts that had actual nsfw stuff on them, so updates are going here for now.)

[book0fhours]

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

At the end of the Golden Age, the data archivist Orion Pax is not alone in harbouring doubt in Cybertron’s future. Inspired by the revolutionary fervour of the gladiator, Megatronus, Orion seeks him out; and thus begins a relationship that will eventually bring Cybertron to its knees.

Heeeeere’s Enceladion! Also featuring a Realisation™ on Orion’s part, multiple laws being broken for a good cause, and a couple of cameos.

(Worth repeating - I will continue to update this account, but you can also find me at Kemmasandi on pillowfort and hurricanefoundry on dreamwidth.)

[staff]

Hey Tumblr–

A couple of weeks ago we announced an update to our Community Guidelines regarding adult content, and we’ve received a lot of questions and feedback from you. First and foremost, we are sorry that this has not been an easy transition and we know we can do a better job of explaining what we’re doing. We knew this wasn’t going to be an easy task and we appreciate your patience as we work through the challenges and limitations of correctly flagging tens of billions of GIFs, videos, and photos.

Today, December 17th, our policy begins to take effect. This means that we will start hiding – not deleting – posts that contain GIFs, videos, and photos from public view that are in violation of our policy. Again, this is a complex problem, and over the coming weeks we will gradually, and carefully, flag more adult content. (Yes, we will still make mistakes, but hopefully fewer and fewer.)

More importantly, we want to clarify the things that you, as a community, have asked about the most.

Tumblr will always be a place to explore your identity. Tumblr has always been home to marginalized communities and always will be. We fully recognize Tumblr’s special obligation to these communities and are committed to ensuring that our new policy on adult content does not silence the vital conversations that take place here every day. LGBTQ+ conversations, exploration of sexuality and gender, efforts to document the lives and challenges of those in the sex worker industry, and posts with pictures, videos, and GIFs of gender-confirmation surgery are all examples of content that is not only permitted on Tumblr but actively encouraged.

We also want to reiterate some important information from our Support post:

Your content will not be deleted. If your post(s) are flagged under the new policy, they will be hidden from public view and will only be visible to you. You can appeal these flags if you feel your content was erroneously marked as adult content. Upcoming feature changes will also make appeals more manageable for those of you with multiple flagged posts. Your blog won’t be deleted if you’ve posted adult content in the past, and there is nothing you need to do if you have interacted with adult content up until now–it will just be flagged and not publicly viewable. Don’t forget too that you can download your content. It’s yours after all, and we don’t take that lightly.

What is still permitted? We’ve heard a lot of concern about what the policy does not permit, but we want to make sure that you also know what is still permitted:

Written content such as erotica, nudity related to political or newsworthy speech, and nudity found in art, specifically sculptures and illustrations, is also stuff that can be freely posted on Tumblr. Although, photorealistic imagery or photography – images, videos, or GIFs – with real humans that include exposed genitals or female-presenting (yeah, we know you hate this term) nipples or depict sex acts is not allowed per our guidelines. 

Examples of exceptions that are still permitted but that you may need to appeal if they are misclassified are: exposed female-presenting nipples in connection with breastfeeding, birth or after-birth moments, and health-related situations, such as post-mastectomy or gender confirmation surgery.

The automated tools will improve. Having a post mistakenly flagged as adult totally sucks; we understand and agree that there have been too many wrongfully flagged posts since we announced the policy change. With tens of billions of GIFs, videos, and photos to review and millions of new posts every day, we really need your help to get it right.

The more you help by reporting content that’s not permitted and by appealing content that you believe was flagged incorrectly, the better our automated tools will get at classifying your posts correctly. The more content these tools review, the more they will learn the difference between what’s permitted and what’s not. Most importantly, your content won’t be deleted if erroneously flagged and all appeals will be sent to a real, live human who can make the appropriate call. 

We love Tumblr and the communities that call Tumblr home. You are Tumblr. This place has always been a reflection of the voices and communities that thrive here. As you’ve always done, help us continue to shape Tumblr into the community you want it to be.

<3

[atohii]

are you sure about that

[panthalass]

It seems like my blog is safe from the banhammer for now, but honestly I’m not attached enough to tumblr to keep making it my main base. Here’s something of a status update on my blogs:

- panthalass: ABANDONED. My personal shit is going elsewhere, probably to pillowfort.  - book0fhours: Will continue to be maintained at approximately the rate it currently is, ie. at a snail’s pace lmao. I am planning to crosspost everything on that blog to dreamwidth, either at my current account or a purpose-made account (I haven’t made up my mind yet), and major posts to the headcanon collection on Ao3. - kemdoodles: ABANDONED. All my art is going to dA these days anyway lmao. - battlesparked: I... have not yet decided. I would like to go back to rping Optimus, but at this point I think it would be an awkward proposition. I’ll probably wait and see what happens with tumblr etc. before I make an official decision. - other rp blogs: ABANDONED.

and here are some other places to find me:

PILLOWFORT: Kemmasandi  AO3: Kemmasandi DREAMWIDTH: hurricanefoundry DEVIANTART: Kemmasandi TOYHOU.SE: Kemmasandi

(I also have a discord, but I’m Not Good at communicating one-on-one so I mostly use it to join group servers.)

[panthalass]

I went through my art blog to find out what had been flagged and while several things were flagged (some of them sorta understandably, most of them decidedly not) the only three actual explicit smut pics had been left unflagged. If that doesn’t sum up this whole debacle, I don’t know what does.

Anyway, I’m probably going to skedaddle at some point. I won’t delete anything, tumblr can do that if it wants to, but I really can’t be arsed to expend any effort on staying. I’m going to be scraping my blogs for original content over the next few days, and we’ll see what happens afterward.

[earthstory]

dusted77

@dusted77 on Instagram: “• Black Tourmaline (Schorl) • ~ Erongo Mountain, Usakos & Omaruru District, Namibia • ~ Available / DM or Email: [email protected] for…”

[earthstory]

Since apparently this matters today - this post got flagged as adult content and I’ve got a review submission already filed. I get a ton of flags while posting fossils. It’s a tourmaline. I just thought I’d note the quality of the filters they’re using.

[silvysartfulness]

There, @earthstory, I fixed it for you. Should be acceptable for mixed company now.

[pillowfort-social]

Tumblr is apparently doing some crazy nonsense again, so it seems like a good time to remind everyone that Pillowfort.io is a new social media platform that aims to give users control of their content and how it’s seen and shared, as well as provide better communication tools to promote conversation and creativity. If this sounds good to you, you can donate $5 to our PayPal and you will receive a registration link the Friday after your donation. And if you decide the site isn’t for you, you can request a refund for up to three weeks after you sign up. (All money we receive through this process is going towards paying our hosting expenses and compensating our programmers.)

[cerillosvillage]

Fyi

[ao3tagoftheday]

[Image Description: Tag reading “you can go fuck yourself”]

The Special Edition AO3 Tag of the Day is: Tumblr @ its userbase

[thelibrarina]

And, consequently, the userbase @ Tumblr

[ao3tagoftheday]

Female-presenting-nipple owners, male-presenting-nipple owners, and people with nipples of all other descriptions, this right here is the mood of the day.

[fangedmetadevil]

you wake up, fresh from sleep, turn on your phone and check your messages and the first thing you see… is he…. Catsuki Meowugou

[panthalass]

and, in the shadows, his good friend....

izukowo.

[deafmic]

The…….. The volume 21 character page……….

(it’s the characters in the ‘ganriki’ style!)

[scoutology]

finally got this out of my system, I can sleep now 

[spatziline]

Totally based on this post!!!  Also Bakugou and Todoroki are roommates in this comic.. In fact, I’ve just decided they’re gonna be roommates in almost every AU I’ve drawn/will draw because that would make everything so freaking hilarious.

+Patreon+

[mistergandalf-deactivated201601]

one of my favorite lotr facts is that gondorians speak sindarin as a first language and yet when faramir was talking to frodo and sam about cirith ungol he was like “we don’t know what’s in there.” like faramir. cirith ungol is sindarin for “pass of the spider.” do the math

[mistergandalf-deactivated201601]

some of my favorite tags on this post

[theelvenkingshalls]

Don’t forget that Frodo also speaks Sindarin, which makes this even worse.

Faramir: Hey, don’t go up the Spider Stairs.

Frodo: Why? What’s up the Spider Stairs?

Faramir: We don’t know, Frodo. We just don’t know.

[jumpingjacktrash]

to be fair, you’d assume the name means “there’s a lot of spiders here,” not, “there is one spider the size of a draft horse here.” so you go up expecting to have to shoo a lot of skeeter eaters out of your tent, and instead you have to figure out how to rope and shoe godzillarantula.

[ceescedasticity]

Hmmm…

They do live in a world where godzillarantulas feature prominently in mythology and history (Ungoliant plunged the world into darkness, scared the crap out of Sauron’s old boss, etc) and existed within the last century in Mirkwood. Assuming they ever talk to anyone who’s been to Mirkwood. They… probably know they were giant spiders in Mirkwood pretty recently? It’s hard to figure out how much anyone in Middle-earth has been talking to anyone else when we didn’t actually see it.

On the other hand – what if it’s the giant evil spiders’ prominence in history/mythology that’s causing trouble? What if lots of evil/nasty things/places get called “spider” just to indicate how nasty and evil they are, rather than any association with literal spiders, and it’s just… overloaded? Maybe the bad part of town in Minas Tirith is the Spider District. Maybe every tavern trying to be edgy calls itself the Spiderweb.

Actually spider/Ungoliant references could be really appealing to Gondorians trying to be edgy. They’re dark and evil! Plunged the world into darkness! But they AREN’T involved in the war they’re actually fighting, they aren’t directly associated with Sauron at all, so getting too interested in them would be creepy without being potentially treasonous. Because no one’s ACTUALLY going to worship those dangerous but not epic spiders up in Mirkwood, and no one’s heard anything from any proper spawn of Ungoliant in ages and ages.

In fact, spider/Ungoliant references might be appealing to ORCS trying to express that something is nasty and creepy! Nobody likes Ungoliant.

Maybe Faramir’s been to fourteen different Spider Caves across Ithilien, and half of them he didn’t even see regular spiders in, they’re just dark and damp and may have had orcs at some point, or something, and at some point in history someone got spooked. So you know, it’s POSSIBLE Spider Pass has something to do with spiders? But really it just means people don’t like it.

(The problem with this theory is we never actually SAW anyone overusing spider references. But it’s plausible they would!)

[wordswithkittywitch]

“The average spider on Middle Earth is the size of a dinner plate” is a statistical error. The average spider on Middle Earth is smaller than a coin. Cirith Ungol (lit: Spiders Gorge), which contains a spider larger than a horse, is an outlier adn should not have been counted.

[iwilltrytobereasonable]

OH MY GOD

[askallthemights]