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#1: Working for a big company does not mean "You made it". It doesn't mean anything except that you got to work for a big company. A lot of people slog the small handful of credits from their brief stints at Marvel or DC for decades, and that may get them table space at small regional shows until they die, but it is not a guarantee of future work or riches or acclaim or anything else.
Don't take a job for granted.
MORE DRAMA !
Because people here are too free to spread hatred🙂
Just sharing some screenshots because this time I'm not just going to rant my head off.
Started with @cinescence telling me that @thegirlwithpurpleeyes is using my dividers without credit. Here's the chat :) And her blog where she has used my dividers !
(Purple Cloud and Ask Answered dividers)
I didn't pay attention to the last message that cinescence sent me because I already told people to not complain about other people in my DMs and cannot trust anyone about that here anymore.
Here is the DM that I sent her and clearly, I got a very polite reply from a person using my work without crediting me and on top of that having the nerve to call me a bully.
As soon as I sent her the message, she edited her bio and mentioned me in it by writing "Dividers by - @uzmachiano". WHAT !? 😂🙂 (I took all the screenshots after this point)
Also, then I checked her blog and she was already getting anons so I commented on one of the posts saying that I'm not that Anon and also sent her a message in the DM. To my surprise those anons were somehow similar to the person's chat (cinescense) who told me they're using my dividers and to the messages that I sent this girl (thegirlwithpurpleeyes). BLOCKED THEM BOTH.
In the last screenshot, she says she's not gonna credit me bcz I'm a Bully :) Wow ! The audacity !!! I pity such people for being so low 🤣
Umm..WARNING : I AM NOT AFRAID to say it to your face if you're using my work without following the rules. I don't send ANONs to people.
So if you get an anon for my dividers please be aware because that is NOT me !🙂
I won't hesitate to block 100 accounts like these.
Byebye.
Part 2 !
Hello, my fellow creatives. I hope this message has reached you (I mean— you’re reading it right now, so it has.)
Hi. My name— or, online persona, at least on this account— is SumHunterLADS. Thank you for choosing to read this, as I have something very important I’d like to share right now.
Here is my message to you. It’s informal. It’s direct. It’s messy. There is no proper introduction, because I don’t feel the need to have one. It’s a lot of things and anything but super professional or perfectly polished, but that is because these are basically, to put it simply, my raw thoughts right now. Without further ado, here we go:
To every creative out there or anyone who has taken part in ANY form of art: this movement affects you.
Yes. It is, in fact, this serious. This is not just about a cancelled fictional character. It is about an ENTIRE team of creatives across art in all its forms whose work has been tampered with, cancelled, and taken away by people who are NOT among that creative group.
We should all understand that creativity is built on passion, love, dedication, collaboration, and the voices of the VERY PEOPLE who bring a certain vision to life. Artists of all kinds put their love, hard work, and heart into this. When the creative process— harmless, mind you, and does not hurt people in ANY way— is disrupted, disrespected, altered, or taken away from the hands of the creators themselves, it affects more than just ‘some fans.’ It affects the trust, freedom, respect, and love that every artist has the right to have and deserves.
Yes, right now it is ‘one character’ (one that, mind you, the vast majority of the audience were excited for and one that artists, writers, designers, voice actors, animators, and other creatives behind poured their time, effort, heart, and passion into bringing to life)— but soon, it could affect another artist, another community, or another form of art, and all because of the negativity, slander, fabrications, or false accusations that some people spread over a harmless work based off of their own personal opinions. Those who purposely spread rumours and form completely misguided interpretations about a piece of work without looking through any context just because they don’t like it. All because those people who can’t respect art or an artist— who feel entitled to something that was never theirs, something they should be grateful that the artist let them experience in the first place— get away with doing just that. Hating. Spreading negativity over a work that never deserved it.
Right now, it may not seem ‘that serious’ to some of you. But you let them get away now— if you stay silent now, you shrug it off now— you slowly give them that power to keep doing what they’re doing. It becomes a domino effect.
Every single time a line is crossed without any resistance or any sort of fight— no matter how big or small that line is— it becomes easier to cross again and again. Keep that in mind.
Or as I like to say: Once the floodgates are opened, it becomes much harder to stop the current.
Once these people find that they can get away with harmful, ill-considered, and completely disrespectful, thoughtless comments aswell as doing unethical things to bring an artist down, they’ll keep doing just that.
Supporting creators means standing for the idea that artists should have a voice in the work they dedicate themselves to creating, especially when the work is harmless. It is THEIR work. It does not genuinely harm anyone, infringe on anyone’s rights, or justify taking that creative control away from their beautiful hands. No one EVER has the right or is EVER entitled to take it from them.
If we truly, genuinely believe in artistic freedom as different kinds of artists ourselves, then we have to stand for it.
Which is why creatives from every and any field should pay attention— and I know everyone is creative in some sort of way. The value of art lies in SHOWING RESPECT to the people that created the final product, not just the product itself or the portion you liked. Respect was NEVER optional or a matter of personal preference. It is a basic consideration every creator— every human— has the right to at all times.
This is bigger than just a character. It’s about respecting creativity itself and refusing to let other people’s opinions and hostility tamper with what the artist loved doing, so long as it was inoffensive and benign and does not infringe on any rights.
We need to do this for the sake of creativity.
Protect creativity. Respect artists. Let creators create.
#BRINGBACKVALKO
Thank you.
Written as a creator of art in multiple forms with love for creativity, and the people behind it.
I love you all. Please take care of yourselves and remember that you are important. <333
— SumHunterLADS <3
Banning how someone creates is as much censorship as banning ships and other subject matter. "Write whatever you want" To me means allowing pro ai content. When I ask a clarifying policy question for a potential new site, its frustrating to have the comment immediately removed rather than answered. Forget 'saying it to my face' People can't even tell me I'm not welcome to MY AVATAR! Like... Ya'll call us the monsters, but all I've ever asked since I began incorporating the new tech is literally two things: 1. Pattern recognition of other artistic backlash. I guarantee you your preferred medium had to go through this. Especially if you use anything other than a pencil, brush, or ink pen. If you're photographer. If you use a stylus. Honestly, even a computer over typewriter or a typewriter over a notebook...... you're a hypocrite to be shutting people like me out. 2. Inclusion. The ability to share. How is ruining contests I make when I construct my own space in the midst of being shunned by flooding them with anti content anything other than hateful? Why should I follow rules you break? That's without the nasty DMs. You're the ones who literally run us off sites and otherwise make sure we can't post. You'd rather scream thievery with no proof of victim name while being perpetrators of something you refuse to analyze than accept that our work is as worth preserving as yours.
It is currently 3 AM, and I have reached the absolute limit of my capacity for the night. Between the ongoing technical frustrations and the physical toll of this migraine, I need to prioritize my health and step away from the screen to get some much-needed sleep.
I am currently scouting off-platform locations to host my long-form content and meta-deep dives. My priority is finding a space that respects creator integrity and provides a stable, accessible environment. I have a couple of things I want to post here tomorrow, but moving forward, I will likely be treating this space as a front porch: providing previews and linking out to my full work elsewhere, similar to how I currently handle my AO3 updates. I am not disappearing from Tumblr, but I am reclaiming control over where my labor is permanently housed, for right now. If they reroll this change, then I'll reassess where I want my decades old passion project.
Please, do not let the pressure die down after just a few days. We cannot allow this to become another update we simply "get used to" because the implications are too severe. This isn't just a matter of a messy interface. This system is fundamentally demoralizing to creators and the community as a whole. It fragments our engagement and opens the door for harassment by dismantling the way we track and control our own work. If the rumors I read on a mutual's reblog regarding the instability of safety tools under this new architecture are true, the danger to this community is significant.
We need to be loud in our discontentment. Keep the pressure on the Changes blog. Make sure the engineers and decision-makers see exactly how this affects your ability to exist on this platform. If you have a premium subscription service, consider canceling it. Money is often the only language that effectively communicates a loss of trust, unfortunately.
Stay loud, stay firm, and don't let up. I’ll be back tomorrow to continue the conversation. For now, I need the rest.
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