#fabtalks

[fabdante]

hey just for my fellow artists out there:

i noticed lately that tumblr's been getting similar scam bots to instagram, which i've like...never noticed before in all my years of posting. which sucks because i mean, one, they're annoying (you can at least farm some types of them on instagram for engagement, here they're just annoying) and two, because people who only post here aren't familiar with them, people are going to get scammed which sucks

so just a quick psa: if you post some art with tags that lead back to like typical art buzzwords (anything mentioning art, for example), you might get a pretty immediate notification that someone's replied or sent you an ask. usually they say they want a commission and to continue the conversation elsewhere (messages, for example). they don't want a commission, they want to scam you via paypal or something like that.

stay alert, don't get scammed

[fabdante]

oh also happy arab american heritage month!

[fabdante]

tumblr hates him

[fabdante]

"while under the influence of Wuthering Heights" that's really a real phenomena huh like that's a real thing that just happens to you after you read wuthering heights

[fabdante]

guys they put our rat into a romance novel

[fabdante]

the influx of reader self insert fics about elordi heathcliff has to be some sort of meta narrative

like it has to be

[fabdante]

ok so like i don't want to talk about the movie, haven't seen the movie, indifferent to the movie existing and all that

but like we're all aware they got rid of the scar and that's such a cowards move to me like. such an insecure thing to do as a writer.

as a fandom i do think it'd do us all some good to remember the writers room of newer stuff in the series is not the same as they were for the original show, a lot of those old writers did not come back and all.

but also it's just so...we all know two people who have been here the whole time and they green lit everything about the series finale. they both agreed to the lightning scar, to the culmination of zuko and kataras arc being him sacrificing himself for her and her saving him and leaving the scar. they agreed to the last season tying the two of them together in this way. they agreed to make their friendship this important

and then like over 20 years later get so scared at the concept that this will make people like a ship you don't like that you just decide to try, and fail, to retroactively erase it by getting rid of the lightning scar like fghjkdfghj

like the mere presence of it on a shirtless zuko would threaten the sanctity of their preferred ship. it's kinda funny, honestly.

[fabdante]

I did a dmc stamp rally at an aussie con and amongst the stickers of original dante i got this cutie ❤️

!!! i love that!! both a dmc stamp rally and these guys, what a lovely dmc haul!! (edit: artist found here!)