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This is just me reblogging...

[secondtolastfr]

Unkind reminder that if you support HP or jkr in any form you’re not welcome around me. Any support of that franchise or that woman actively hurts trans people, and their lives are more important than any amount of nostalgia or joy the franchise brings you.

Jkr has said point blank that any money she makes is funding her transphobia. Period. You can’t “death of the author” it away. It isn’t a “there’s no ethical consumption under capitalism” thing either. If you fully understand what harm that woman is doing with the money she makes from that franchise and willingly support it anyway, I can and will assume you’re okay with trans people being hurt.

[peachpulpeuse]

IF YOU SEE ANY PAINTING BY "EMILE CORSI" ON HERE, DO NOT REBLOG IT THINKING IT'S REAL AND FROM THE 1800s. IT IS AI-GENERATED AND EMILE CORSI IS NOT A HISTORICAL FIGURE

examples:

[tattedpetticoats]

And if you love the vibes and wish you could find something similar painted by a real person, let me introduce you to John William Waterhouse, on whose work the AI was definitely trained:

[laziestgirlintown]

Corsi is not real

John William Waterhouse official site

John William Waterhouse wikipedia

[amber-writhing]

Some thoughts.

Kofi Tip jar

[cranboothinker]

They call them 007

(0 communication, 0 therapy, 7 unhealthy coping mechanisms)

[notlayingroses]

in my opinion, the question isn't "Is RPF ethical?" but rather "Are you engaging with RPF ethically?" and even more importantly, "Are you being stupid about it?"

I personally hate any kind morality thought policing. I'm not Catholic or religious and I do not feel guilty over my thoughts. You are not an inherently evil person because you saw two athletes in an interview and went "Hmmm...... what if...." The Feds are not going to come banging down your door because you wrote about one band member dicking down the other and sent it to your friend.

Wondering about other people's lives is very human. Being nosy about their personal lives is very normal. People have been writing fiction about other people's lives since the dawn of time. Some people even manage to write New York Times Bestselling Books that are "historical fiction" or "alternate reality." It does not make you inherently bad to be curious about the details of someone's personal life. That's being human. Being nosy is kind of fun.

The problem, however, comes with the ways in which people engage with it, and involve the real people in this. Harassing an musician's real girlfriend because it doesn't fit into the RPF ship. Showing up at real sporting events holding signs about how certain teammates should kiss. Trying to get actors to sign art of them fucking their coworker. Flooding social media with comments using the celebrity's full name and speculation. There's a line, there's a fourth wall, and there's fandom etiquette.

I hate the question of "Is RPF ethical" because it feels like morality thought policing. Post your fics on locked accounts, censor someone's name when you tweet about it, blow up your groupchat with hundreds of "DID YOU SEE THE WAY THEY LOOKED AT EACH OTHER??" texts. It's not inherently evil to wonder what other people are doing when they're out of the spotlight. Kill the cop in your mind.

But just have some basic decency and do not involve the real people. Don't cross the line without caring how it affects them. This is basic fandom 101 and lately we have been flying too close to the damn sun! Everyone get more normal about RPF so major news outlets and magazines stop posting articles about "Is RPF ethical?" and blowing up our spot!

[stillnotmollified]

some of you weren’t around for the fan fiction dot net purge of 2002 (when they banned explicit content and mass-deleted thousands of fics) and the livejournal purge of 2007 (when they deleted hundreds of blogs, disproportionately targeting queer & kink content) and it shows

this kind of policing is why ao3 was created

remember, kids, the three laws of fandom are:

- don’t like; don’t read

- your kink is not my kink

- ship and let ship

[rembrandtswife]

your kink is not my kink *but your kink is okay* don't forget that part

[the-haiku-bot]

your kink is not my

kink *but your kink is okay*

don’t forget that part

Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.

[pearlo]

there’s very few things that drive me up the wall in fandom as much as this weird new assumption that fandom is primarily a space for younger people that older folks are only accepted into in a trial basis if they promise to centralize and accommodate younger fans, and further, anything else is creepy and predatory. IT’S OKAY FOR ADULTS TO PRODUCE CONTENT FOR OTHER ADULTS.

[deputychairman]

if I have to read “women in their 30s” used as an insult one more time I swear I’ll - step away from that user and just hang out with the other grownups who consistently create good content because I’m also an adult and too busy comparing car insurance to fight with teenagers on the internet, but goddAMMIT I’ll be annoyed

[teaboot]

I’ve been in this hole since yall lil shits were three apples tall and I’ll die in this hole too

[cerbiecourse]

Your daily reminder...

You do not need to post about things to care about them. "I see you not reblogging" is guilt-tripping.

You're allowed to curate your own blog. "I don't care if this doesn't fit your blog aesthetic" is guilt-tripping.

You're allowed to skip past posts that distress you. "x amount of people must reblog" is guilt-tripping.

Permission is not needed but for those whom it will make more comfortable; you are allowed to block people who post bullcrap that makes you feel guilty.

This post has no DNI; everyone may reblog regardless of syscourse stance, but reblogs are not required. Spread love.

− Helena, she/her, Emotional Protector from within the Cerberus collective Rylas, he/they, Tulpa and caretaker from within the Cerberus collective

[freak-phone]

I get asked a lot for tips with coloring black people, so i put together a little tutorial! (and bumps my kofi if you found this helpful)

[p1nc0n3-4u]

I see a RIDICULOUS amount of people being embarrassed to say “oh, I lowkey miss the dsmp it was such a good time…”

Like… you know you can like the dsmp, right? Indulge in fan art, fan fics, talk about it online, watch clip compilations, do whatever. There is literally nothing holding you back from doing something you enjoy.

“But the real people are controversial” then don’t interact with their content. There are plenty of reposted videos of basically any stream you could want and majority of clips are compiled by fans already made into shorter yt videos for you to enjoy without having to watch an entire stream or support a specific creators content.

Who cares. In the grand scheme of things, what is this gonna do? You’re gonna be happier because you’re enjoying something you like? I don’t see how that’s a bad thing.

Go watch “dnf flirting for 10 minutes straight”. Dedicate a blog to your favourite character. Make content. Watch content. Don’t be afraid to be so happy it holds you back so much

[foxish-draws]

I just wanted to draw Coupé. I tried to use it as a chance to play with lighting but I'm not in love with the result. But I hit the wall of "I'm not sure where else to do with this" which means it's as done as it's going to get. :/

Alt version without the render:

[themaidenofwords]

The Black Swan

[bloopiebloops]

It's my birthday! And my gift to myself is high fashion Coupé with a blade! (outfit inspired by Dilara Findikoglu)

Personal ramblings and my birthday message to you under the cut:

I've been having a rough year, and have really been feeling the isolation that comes with aging. But all the people that have been posting art, writing fics and prompts, leaving comments, and supporting each other in their creative endeavors has really been keeping me sane and happy. I'm so thankful for the people that share pieces of themselves and those who post fun nonsense.

Ah, this little post doesn't really convey the depth of my feelings and how fucking appreciative I am. But please know: I'm so thankful for everyone who was brave enough to put a little piece of themselves out there, be in it a tag, or comment, or fic, or drawing. I love you. <3 And if you've been too shy, I hope you can find a little corner somewhere where you feel safe enough to share with others, because I'm so happy I found that place here with you.

[nivalbat]

Swan song

[unsaddie]

hello everyone it's Coupé time

I wanted to practice drawing clothes and luckily for me Coupé can pull off anything so she became my model :] Now does anyone want to help me with figuring out how other characters would dress up Robert, because I wanted to do some simpler ones with him and I'm indecisive with what would fit

Scars inspired by the amazing @aa-archer42 (hope you don't mind the tag king) I had a version without them but decided I love scars too much to leave them out + I don't want to add so many versions in one post DJKANW

yapping, additional sketch and refs below the cut!

Some sketches I was trying to do as more loose and quick, both for clothing and trying to give the poses more of a flow :3

I was testing a few different approaches to rendering since I still don't have a go-to process figured out; it's still very hit or miss, but I think I'm starting to get a little more comfortable with rendering!! I still struggle with drawing femme people though, gotta draw more of the girlies to improve on that

On the first pic the top left drawing started with doing most of the blocking out with the lasso fill tool and then switching to brushes, I was trying to use more interesting colors for shading there!

The drawing on the right and the one from the second pic were done in similar ways (sketch with base colors under it and then rendering on top), but the former had the clothes in grayscale at first and then gradient map and touch ups put over them, while the latter was in color from the start

I struggled a bunch with trying to get at least a similar effect with the texture and detailing on the right one without going insane and spending hours more over it, but hopefully it looks alright! It was my favorite outfit for Coop that I had saved, I think it suits her well, so I wanted to do it justice :]

The art with references I used!

[transfemme-shelterdog]

Hey so you know how people always talk about transmasc erasure? Coming across that paper on Tumblr discourse on transandrophobia reminded me of something.

When I was doing my criminology degree, I went to several professors with several thesis ideas, and all of them were denied. These were all ideas based on transmasculine crime and victimology stats. Every professor shot down every thesis I had on ideas related to transmasc victims of various crimes.

Their reasoning? There's no need for this. This is useless. Nobody is interested in reading about trans men and transmascs being victims of crimes. They wouldn't even let me do my thesis on estimating more accurate stats on transmasculine victims of homicide. Which is an INCREDIBLY important thing!

So yeah. Next time someone talks about how trans men and transmascs aren't victims as much, remember this. Researchers don't want to research this. They won't allow people who want to do so, to do so. I couldn't get anyone to advise me on these papers.

[i-like-being-trans]

this is the paper (I think): https://www.researchgate.net/publication/353934052_Who_Counts_as_Trans_A_Critical_Discourse_Analysis_of_Trans_Tumblr_Posts

[transfemme-shelterdog]

Nope.

This one

https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/concern/masters_papers/mw22vp39j

[leilavin0]

[ all i ever wanted, all i ever needed is here … in my arms ]

[ found this sketch form like two years ago, regretted trying to color, cried, bon apetit. ]