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LORE | REKINDLED EPISODE 89 - A GIRL NAMED PERSEPHONE

Previous episode | Next episode release date TBD (see below!)

Whew, finally got this episode out! Not gonna lie, it was pretty tough to get this one finished for many different reasons, some that I've been vocal about, others that I haven't really talked about but plan to shortly, so keep an eye out for that post.

Regardless, this might be the last episode for a lil' bit. I don't want it to be as long as a hiatus as last year's (which iirc was around 2-3 months), but summer gets particularly busy for me, and my plate has been overflowing for several weeks now, to a point that it's affecting my ability to even feel confident in the stuff I'm making for Rekindled. So consider this a very brief break, I'm hoping to be back up and running by next month but it'll just depend on how the next few weeks go. Hence the undetermined release date because I don't wanna make promises I can't keep.

But rest assured, I'm gonna be working hard to get my ducks in a row so that I can get an eventual realistic release date set, and once I do, I'll be editing this episode and notifying y'all ASAP! Thank you all so much for your unwavering patience through these delays, it's hard not to feel guilty / bad about it but I know if I don't take these breaks when I can, I'll wind up burning out entirely and that'll just make things worse. So I hope you can understand that I don't make these decisions lightly and I often have to make them to ensure the long-term health of myself and this comic <3

In the meantime, I'll still be streaming on Twitch, posting backlogs of old VOD's and time lapses to my Patreon, and I'll still be around in my Discord. Much love, thank you all so much <3

[photomatt]

You gonna do anything or make any statement about the rampant transmisogyny on this hellsite, especially in cases like predstrogen recently? Or yall gonna stay silent and keep letting/making us get pushed off of it.

I have a number of asks about this, so this is to address all of them, I won't do each individually.

We generally do not comment on individual cases, but because there seems to be mass misinformation around this, I will make an exception and comment on predstrogen.

First, Tumblr has a number of LGBT+ including trans people on staff, and they see things from the inside fully, and they're not protesting this case.

Why do we wrongly have a transphobe reputation? We did have an external contract moderator last year that was making transphobic moderation (and also selling moderation, criminally). As soon as we were aware that person was fired, and we later terminated the entire relationship with that contracting firm and have brought almost everything in-house (at great cost). I have previously commented on this publicly, several times.

I am not aware of any Automattician (people who work at Automattic and Tumblr) who has made any transphobic moderation actions. If it's reported it is investigated immediately, if anything were found that person would be terminated for cause immediately.

Predstrogen's account was suspended for:

Repeated mis-tagging of adult content against Tumblr's community guidelines. This has nothing to do with clothed transition photos, she had 20+ other blogs and multiple accounts with names so explicit I can't post them here without a mature tag.

Multiple cases of harassment of other Tumblr users, not just me.

Multiple threats of violence, not just the one I share below.

These represent a breach of our Terms of Service, and we've exercised our right to refuse service.

Threats of violence are never okay. Threats of violence are not protected speech. We will work with police and FBI where appropriate, though to be clear prestrogen's case hasn't warranted that so far. I'm referring to what we may potentially do for other threats. I just got a death threat yesterday from someone mad about predstrogen, and that account was immediately terminated.

So regardless of whether you still think Tumblr staff is somehow a bunch of transphobes, know that threats of violence or death are still not acceptable and will result in immediate and serious action. Know that when you rile people up, they can do dumb things with possibly permanent consequences.

(2 hours later update: I have changed instances of the pronoun "they" or "their" to "the account" because I am unaware of pronoun preference in this instance and don't want to misgender anyone. Thank you for the people who reported this as an issue. Update 2: "She" is apparently better, the post now says that. Sorry for the mistake.)

Here's one (of many!) examples of the harassment violations, this one targets me but there are others targeting other users on the site.

The second part seems to indicate she wanted to be suspended, I'm unaware of why, perhaps to create this sort of uproar. I agree the hammers feel silly, but the start, "i hope photomatt dies forever a painful death" is a violation of Tumblr's community guidelines and terms of service.

The car part did hit close to home as I have almost died twice in car accidents.

Update 2: Added this text to the adult content part: This has nothing to do with clothed transition photos, she had 20+ other blogs and multiple accounts with names so explicit I can't post them here without a mature tag.

[reading-writing-revolution]

American Medical Association (AMA)

The American Medical Association (AMA) is the largest and only national association that convenes 190+ state and specialty medical societies

Just FYI...

[ndoesart]

I got a idea of shadow milk cookie transformed into his snake form like the one we see when he leaves eternal sugar cookies garden and coils around reader at night to sleep with them and to make sure they dont get any ideas of escaping during the night 🐍🌌

I think I went a LIL overboard with the art lmao. Take it.

[frostbitefanatic]

Oh my! So many new HiJack fans on my page! Uh...hey everyone! I'm Frostbite! Currently writing fanfics like Wingless Among Dragons on AO3!

Uh...anything you all want to know? Here, a lovely look at a moment from Wingless Among Dragons. A touching reunion between Valka and her charge, Jack! Drawn by @hijacksecrets!

[salad006]

You may now leave any questions or comments , either directly through this post, the tumblr ask functionality, or....?

Part 1

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