So, am I the only one who is curious about the story of Agatha’s finger glow? Remember how it was orange at first and then it became gold between the first and second book? (Like the same kind of gold as Tedros’ finger glow?) In the third book it’s even mentioned by Tedros how alike their finger glows are. But then Agatha is super grumpy and dismisses it.
Like… I feel like there is a story to the finger glow. And I want to know what the story is about. Like did Agatha’s glow change because she realised she was pretty? Or because she fell in love? Can it also change again like Tonks’ patronus did? (See how I casually smuggled in a hp reference here xD)
It’s only a little detail, but I’d be interested in knowing more about it. Especially when Tedros mentioned that their finger glows were matching and I was like, yes please tell me more! But Agatha’s all like “Dude, stop checking on me. Let me wallow in peace!“
So, there was no elaborating again… I’m just… I don’t know. Any thoughts?
@pumpkinpaperweight is doing a Halloween choose-your-own adventure on her instagram stories for the month of October, so I drew some of the gang in costume for her! you can use any of these as icons, just be sure to credit me 🎃🎃🎃
Tedros: actually goes to Agatha when he’s upset, in a valiant effort at communication considering he got humiliated in front of his whole kingdom and he’s sixteen (and yeah he’s been avoiding her but trying is what counts righ-)
As of July 4th 2018, the Internet as we know it might be dead for good.
The European Parliament is passing a new Copyright Directive.
Article 13 #CensorshipMachine will impose widespread censorship of all the content we share online. Art, fanfiction, parodies, remixes, mashups, memes, etc.. Anything that you do not hold the rights over will be taken down.
Article 13 would force all online platforms to police and prevent the uploading of copyrighted content, or make people seek the correct licenses to post that content. Internet platforms hosting large amounts of user-uploaded content must monitor user behaviour and filter their contributions to identify and prevent copyright infringement.
Such filters will be mandatory for platforms including YouTube, Facebook, Tumblr, Reddit and Instagram, but also much smaller websites.
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This doesn’t just affect Europe. The content creators you love are going to be in hot water for sharing their art and writing with you online. Any and all content that doesn’t belong to us will be filtered. Even memes are at risk, as the person who took the original photo may want to file complaints against any platform that allows it to be used without permission. But it goes even further than that.
Last Tuesday (19th June 2018) a group of more than 70 people who have played important roles in building the internet and developing it (Tim Berners-Lee, Vincent Cerf, Jimmy Wales, Mitchell Baker…) into what it is today addressed an open letter to the members of the European Parliament:
“As creators ourselves, we share the concern that there should be a fair distribution of revenues from the online use of copyright works, that benefits creators, publishers, and platforms alike.
But Article 13 is not the right way to achieve this. By requiring Internet platforms to perform automatic filtering all of the content that their users upload, Article 13 takes an unprecedented step towards the transformation of the Internet from an open platform for sharing and innovation, into a tool for the automated surveillance and control of its users. […] The damage that this may do to the free and open Internet as we know it is hard to predict, but in our opinions could be substantial.”
Here is the original Article 13. It’s even scarier. / Link 2
Here is how to contact your MEPs.
Here is a full list of everything that will be affected.
Europe is facing a huge problem, and unlike with Net Neutrality, the world doesn’t seem to care.
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